polysemea word with multiple meanings
What the word
a word with multiple meanings
polyseme (linguistics)
homonym (same spelling)
homograph (same written form)
equivocal (ambiguous)
multivocal (rare)
Synonym
polyseme
linguistics
polysemous (adj) polysemantic (adj) equivocal (adj) ambiguous (adj)
multiplicity
polysemy (noun) ambiguity (noun) equivocality (noun) homonymy (related) homonym (related)
word types
homonym (form-identical) heteronym (sense-distinct) capitonym (capitalization) metonym (related)
sense relations
synonymy (related) antonymy (related) hyponymy (related) meronymy (related)
Thesaurus
polyseme
Related Terms
polysemy homonymy (contrast) monosemy (opposite) ambiguity equivocation amphiboly semantic shift
Kinds
regular polysemy irregular polysemy systematic polysemy lexical polysemy grammatical polysemy constructional polysemy metonymic polysemy metaphorical polysemy
Parts and Features
sense reading lexeme word form semantic feature sense relation core meaning radial category prototype semantic network
Cause and Mechanism
metaphor metonymy generalization specialization bleaching semantic change coercion context pragmatic strengthening
Related Phenomena
vagueness homonymy hyponymy hypernymy meronymy synonymy antonymy colexification zeugma pun syllepsis antanaclasis
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